The Plateau Government has closed down
60 poultry farms and destroyed more than 190, 000 birds affected by bird flu
across the state.
Director,
veterinary services, in the state’s Ministry of Agriculture, Dr.Doris Bitrus
said that the disease had continued to spread.
She
attributed that spread to the non-compensation of farmers, whose farms were
affected by the disease last year.
According
to her, aside the issue of some farmers not keeping to biosecurity measures,
the major reason behind the fast spread of the disease is the non-payment of
compensation to farmers affected by the disease in 2015.
“In
the past, farmers used to report the outbreaks, but since compensations are not
forthcoming, most of them prefer to sell their sick birds to desperate
marketers to cushion their loses rather than wait on government that will
promise and fail.
“With
such distrust, controlling or curbing further spread of the hydra-headed
disease will be pretty difficult,” she said.
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